Ars Technica warns that functions in Apple's iOS permit unrestricted access to your confidential data.
Apple has endowed iPhones with undocumented functions that allow unauthorized people in privileged positions to wirelessly connect and harvest pictures, text messages, and other sensitive data without entering a password or PIN, a forensic scientist warned over the weekend.
Jonathan Zdziarski, an iOS jailbreaker and forensic expert, told attendees of the Hope X conference that he can't be sure Apple engineers enabled the mechanisms with the intention of accommodating surveillance by the National Security Agency and law enforcement groups. Still, he said some of the services serve little or no purpose other than to make huge amounts of data available to anyone who has access to a computer, alarm clock, or other device that has ever been paired with a targeted device.
There's more at the link.
One wonders why on earth such 'backdoors' were left open in the first place. Could it have been to accommodate three-letter government agencies such as the NSA? Surely not?
Right.
If you believe that, there's a bridge in Brooklyn, NYC I'd like to sell you. Cash only, please, and in small bills . . .
Peter
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No cell phone. No plans to own one.
The cheap, simple solution.
No need to buy any bridges for full cash price. I have access to several that are available for standard lease agreements. First and last month plus 2 months security deposit. Cash, of course. This way you can have several for less than you'd pay for just one.
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